Online marketing is a fast-paced and ever-changing landscape, but one thing remains the same: content is king. We’ve compiled a list of 31 blogging statistics that will help guide your content marketing strategy in 2024 so you can spend less time fretting and more time creating content that delights and converts. Your business blog presents…

As the former head of marketing at two different tech companies, I can tell you firsthand: You can optimize your content for search engines all day, but sometimes, pay-per-click advertising — or PPC — is the way to go. In this blog post, I’ll walk through everything I’ve learned about how to run Google Ads,…

Pay-per-click (or PPC) marketing can feel like a daunting task. From creating ads to monitoring performance and understanding bidding strategies, there’s a lot to take in. But PPC keyword research is an often under-appreciated, yet necessary, component of search engine marketing. With proper keyword research, you can more accurately build ads and landing pages that…

Short on time? Here’s a cheat sheet for the 10 most popular articles for the Content Marketing Institute audience. You’ll see something for everyone to improve their content marketing programs, from trends to evergreen fundamentals.

A divo (or diva) is an opera singer with skill. Sometimes, though, that skill comes in a package that also includes imperiousness, skittishness and a fair amount of unpredictable drama. It’s tempting to imagine that CEOs, painters or poets that bring the noise must also have skill. But burning your guitar doesn’t make you Jimi…

B2B content marketing is a bit like selling toys to a kid. Your first job is to get the kid excited, using flashy adverts to show them all the fun they can have, and the different ways they can use… Read more ›

With the right approach to content planning and budgets, you can ensure that the money you invest in your content marketing strategy is well-defined, fully accounted for, and aligned with helping you reach your goals.

The alleged existence of a Google Sandbox is one of the more debated topics amongst web and SEO experts. The presiding theory is that the sandbox effect is when “Google temporarily reduces the page rank of new domains, placing them into what is referred to as its sandbox, in an effort to counter the ways…

As a writer, I have to let readers and potential clients know my expertise, my skills, and why they should work with me or be interested in what I say. So, a professional bio is a must in my industry. Though I’m definitely familiar with professional bios, I can admit they can be challenging. What…

When I’m doing something that involves multiple steps, you can be sure I want to remember it. Sometimes my brain can’t be trusted with that, so process documentation is the answer. Whether you’re completing recurring tasks or creating a new program, process documentation can help you formalize your business endeavors. In fact, creating documentation helps…